India, April 14 -- A 13-year-old girl died after accidentally strangling herself with her mother's saree while playing at her home in Devilal Colony in Sector 9, police said on Monday.

The deceased lived with her parents and two younger sisters in a rented accommodation and was a Class VII student at a private school in the area, officers added. Police said the incident took place between 5pm and 5.30pm on Sunday when she was playing with her sisters.

A senior police officer said she had tied her mother's saree to a window grill and was spinning while seated. "It was while spinning that the saree slipped and got wrapped around her neck. As she continued spinning, it tightened and strangled her," the officer said, asking not to be named....